Overseas Pakistani Friends

Associated Press of Pakistan
 Ministry of Water and Power would electrify around 100 villages through solar energy this year as part of its programme to ensure electricity in every part of the country.

Pakistan’s economic development and prosperity depend on how successfully
the country ensures abundant supply of reliable and affordable energy. If the energy
problem is not tackled effectively, the population’s sufferings will increase
 

For Pakistan, the benefits of alternative energy would be twofold: it would not only help solve our chronic power crisis but also help reduce the alarming levels of pollution found within the country

The high import bills paid for depleting fossil fuels around the world, as well as the pollution being caused by their use, has [...]

  TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp aims to double its global output of gas-electric hybrid cars to one million units in 2011, as it fights to stay in the lead in the growing market for low-emission cars, the Nikkei business reported on Monday.

By Jawwad Rizvi
KALLAR KAHAR: A Chinese company, in a bid to tap the potential of wind power in Punjab, has set up four wind mills with a total capacity of producing 50 kilowatts of electricity.

In India, waste-to-energy projects have been successfully implemented since 1995. Most of the initiatives are designed to harvest energy from the waste produced by industries, e.g. the waste of palm oil industries in Andhra Pradesh and the poultry droppings of one million birds of nearby poultry farms in Tamil Nadu
The worst ever energy crisis in
the [...]

Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Unless Pakistan starts using coal directly as a substitute for gas consumption in the power plant and other industries, it may not be able to meet the growing demand of gas which has a major role in national economy.

By Umer Bhatti
THE Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) commissioned only one pilot project of producing electricity from wind energy in 2009 in collaboration with SUNEC China at Kalarkahar, having a capacity of 10×2KW while no practical steps were taken for power generation from solar energy.

BEIJING: China is set to become the world’s third largest wind power producer in 2009, state media reported, as the Asian giant seeks various ways to expand energy supply to power its economic boom.

By Chaudhry Kamran Naseer
The use of solar energy for human perquisites is not something new. It has been used for decades by a number of countries due to the various benefits it provides to people, most notably for power production. Thus, its demand has been increasing day by day because of concerns about the lack [...]